Economic migration is a true manifestation of the growing
inequality which characterizes the contemporary world. However, it is a vital
alternative to 200 million people, who are unable to meet human needs (their
own and their family’s) in their countries of origin. Here, we analyse the
economic reasons for this phenomenon: from economic stagnation and
deterioration of the labour market, with the sequel of persistent
unemployment, to the transformation of global economic structures, poverty,
starvation wages and exploitation, labour deregulation, monopoly strategies
that sacrifice human development in favour of profit, corruption, and even the
acceleration of climate change for economic reasons. As an alternative
proposal, a radical change of economic policies is proposed that ensures
human development for all through redistributive policies of income and
wealth. Unless the wealthy are unwilling to allow it!